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  • A young woman posing naked against a decorative dressing screen.
  • Christ's Hospital: the Great Hall during a ceremony. Engraving by J. G. Walker, 1822, after T. Stothard, 1799.
  • Two Chinese opium smokers in a booth watched by a woman who fans herself. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with ladies and gentlemen walking in the foreground. Engraving by B. Cole.
  • A fashionable young lady with large plume in her hat being carried through the town in a sedan chair. Etching, c. 1796.
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    Astronomy: a number of ladies and gentlemen using telescopes and celestial globes, in a landscape of ruined classical architecture. Engraving, [c.1720?].

    | Reference: 46327i
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    A wealthy Mohammedan smoking a hooka as two attendants fan him. Engraving by J. Stephenson, 1835, after W. Daniell.

    Daniell, William, 1769-1837. | Date: 1 October 1835 | Reference: 25401i
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    Bagnigge Wells, London: a family group, the Dumplings, on a day out. Mezzotint.

    | Reference: 38743i
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    Mrs Moore, wife of the British consul in Beirut, in Arabic dress. Coloured lithograph by J. Nash, 1843, after D. Wilkie, 1841.

    Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841. | Date: 1843 | Reference: 730167i
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    Deaf and dumb people from the Hackney Mission to the Deaf and Dumb performing plays, sign language, and portraits of staff at the institution. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1884, after H. Morehen.

    Morehen, Horace. | Date: 15 March 1884 | Reference: 17971i
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